Improvement in bale-ties



C. VAN DERZEB.`

j BALE-TI-ES. No.184j272, Y Patented Nov. 14:, 1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIO CORNELIUS vAN DEEzEE, OF ALBANY, ASSIGNOE ToEnwIN S. LENOX, OE NEw YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,272, dated November14, 1876; application led October 28, 1876.

To all whom tt may concern: I

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS VAN DER ZEE, of the city and county ofAlbany, State of New York, have invented an Improved Bale-Tie; and I dohereby declare that the following is a description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, in Which- Figure l represents a perspective view of thetie, illustrating the construction of its parts, and mode of attachmentwith the wire band with which it is employed. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 4is aperspective view of the attachingfloop.

My invention relates to a bale-tie made from wire, with anattachingpiece connecting the ends of the same; and consists in thedevice hereinafter described, and in the combination, with the same, ofa wire band and an attaching-loop.

The object of this invention is to secure the two opposite ends of awire band in a reliable manner, with the attaching-loop guarded so as toprevent the same from being slipped from the connecting device.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill'proceed to describe it, in reference to the drawings and theletters of reference marked thereon, the same letters indicating likeparts.

In the drawings, A represents one end of a wire band. B is the oppositeend, provided with the upturned loop C, supported from the end of wireby the twisted, neck a. D is -the connecting-piece, made, preferably, ofcast malleable iron, having the side strands s s both terminating backwith the score-block c, and in front with the transverse cleat c,projected inward from the front of the loop formed by the side strands ss. The arms @ccc of the cleat c are each extended above the plane of theupper and lower sides of the side strands s, as shown in Fig. 3. The endA of the wire band is made to close around the score-block c, which isprovided with a groove, and its free end is twisted with the mainstrand, as shown in Fig. 3, to hold the connecting device D iirm withthe end A. The upturned loop C is formed by turning the end B of thewire band back onitself and twisting the two strands together, leavingabout an inch, more or less, of loop, the front end z of which is bentup at nearly right angles with the horizontal portion z', and is madewith a width slightly less than the width of the space between the sidestrands s s of the connecting device D, so as to be readily passed upthrough the same.

When it is desired to connect the two ends of the band, the angle z ofthe loop C is to be passedA up through the space between the sides s sof the connecting-piece D, and then drawn forward over the arms x ac ofthe cleat c to the front, where the sides s s meet, when the connectionwill be completed. n

It may be readily seen that by this improved device the connecting-pieceD may be rigidly held from the end A ot the band,and that when the loopC is attached to the connecting-piece D by the cleat c the horizontalportion e of the loop Ina-y'draw against the lower side of the end ofsaid connecting-piece, while the upper arm cc of the cleat c operates asa guard to prevent the bight of the angle portion e ofthe loop slippingoff.

It may also be readily seen that the heavierV metal ot' the sides s s ofthe connecting-piece D operates eft'ectually to guard the loop U, andthat, when the strain of the compressed bale is exerted on the connectedparts, the lower side ofthe connecting-piece, and also the lower side ofthe horizontal section z ot the loop, may lie tlat on the bale, whilethe bight ofthe anglez will be held by the arm a" from slipping' offfrom its engaging-cleat.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. The connecting-piece D, having side strands s s terminating with thescoreblock c at their rear, and with the cleat e projecting inward fromthe conjoined ends of the said side pieces in front, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination', with the connecting' piece D, constructed asdescribed, of the loop U, having the angle z turned up from thehorizontal portion e', and adapted to engage with the cleat e of thesaid connecting-piece, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CORNELIUS VAN DERZEE. Witnesses:

WM. F. SELKIRK, CEAS. J. SELKIRK.

